The mother-in-law who guided the Xu Mansion and his party in front seemed to be quite talkative, and while leading the Xu Mansion and his party to the east verandah, she talked endlessly: "The backyard of our Guogong Mansion is divided into three parts, the lady lives in the middle of the Luxue Nunnery, the son lives in the Zhusheng Courtyard on the left, and the girls live in the Red Maple House on the right, and the three courtyards have small doors connecting with each other. ”

Although Xu Yilian and Xu Cancan lowered their eyebrows, they were actually listening with their ears. Xu Han's family is cautious, and when her mother-in-law said, she also listened, but she refused to say a word, so as not to be suspected of probing into the secrets of the Guogong Mansion.

The verandah leading directly to the backyard seems to have no end, although the dense and thick willows on the west side cover the ceiling, blocking the sun, and not directly basking in the sun, but Xu Cancan has been exposed to fine sweat.

The mother-in-law seemed to know that they were tired of walking, and said: "I'm really sorry, because the Guogong Mansion is really big, so the ladies in the mansion take a small sedan chair in and out, but there are too many guests today...... The implication is that your Xu Mansion is not qualified to sit in the sedan chair in the Guogong Mansion.

On such an occasion where the powerful gathered, Xu Han's husband was just a servant of the Ministry of Officials, of course, he didn't dare to take it big, so he was busy and humble when he heard the words.

She looked at Xu Cancan and Xu Yilian behind her, and found that Xu Cancan looked delicate, but except for some fine sweat on her little face, she looked more delicate, and there was nothing else, and her daughter Xu Yilian had never walked such a long way because she had been raised in the boudoir for a long time, and she was already a little shaky, and the powder on her face was also messed up with sweat.

Xu Hanshi gave Mei Xue a look, Mei Xue had been with her for some years, and immediately understood her intentions, took a purse and stepped forward to grab her mother-in-law, and said with a smile: "Mom, the slave is too tired to walk, can you rest?" ”

The mother-in-law secretly weighed the weight of the purse, very satisfied, with a smile on her face, she dusted the wooden chairs on both sides of the verandah with the railings with her sleeves, and asked Xu Hanshi and others to sit down.

Xu Hanshi smiled and gave way, but did not sit down immediately.

Mei Xue took out three embroidery mats from the baggage she was carrying and spread them on the wooden chair, and Xu Hanshi sat down on the embroidery cushion in the middle.

Xu Cancan saw that Xu Yilian also sat down, so he sat down.

Liuying took out the makeup box and quickly helped Xu Yilian touch up her makeup; Biyun glanced at Xu Cancan's face and felt that there was nothing to make up for - Xu Cancan had already taken the veil himself and was already sweating.

Mei Xue took another cowhide pot and poured a glass of water for all three of them.

The mother-in-law had nothing to say: "The road we are taking now is the road used by the female dependents; The guests who went to visit Childe all took the west verandah and went directly to Zhushengyuan. ”

Mei Xue glanced at Xu Han's and asked with a smile: "I heard that your son-in-law has a lot of pets, and guests can directly enter the Zhusheng Courtyard?" ”

When the mother-in-law heard this, she smiled: "Zhusheng Courtyard is also divided into inner courtyard, outer courtyard, main courtyard and partial courtyard!" Childe's concubines all live in the side courtyard of the inner courtyard, how can the guests bump into each other? ”

Mei Xue let out a long "oh" with a teachable expression on her face.

At this time, a string of sedan chairs came in a hurry, and Mei Xue and the others who were standing were busy making way for these sedan chairs.

The sedan chair approached, and Xu Hanshi recognized it as several sisters-in-law and nieces of the Duchess Shu, and hurriedly got up and saluted.

Shu Shi was very arrogant, just bowed slightly, and passed without even stopping the sedan chair.

Xu Cancan glanced at Xu Han quietly and found that her face was calm, with no signs of humiliation and anger, and he couldn't help but admire this kind of self-cultivation.

took Shu's away, and the mother-in-law continued to lead the Xu Mansion and his party forward.

At this time, Fu Yuchen and the crown prince Fu Yujue were already lying side by side on the recliner in the Qingfeng Pavilion, quietly enjoying the rare breeze on the lake. Because of the lack of water in the five elements of the prince, Emperor Yong'an made people destroy the palace south of the East Palace to dig soil and divert water, forming a dusty lake covering an area of 100 acres, and built pavilions and pavilions on the island in the center of the lake, so that the prince could come to escape the heat in summer.

Located on the second floor, the Qingfeng Pavilion is surrounded by railings suspended on all sides, and the damp lake breeze blows the white veil on all sides, which is really like a fairyland.

The prince lay quietly, although it was summer, his slender body was still wearing a white embroidered silver dragon robe, his white face was already thin to the point of a skeleton, and his lips were purple.

Ma Bufan, the prince's close confidant, first gathered the forbidden troops guarding Qingfeng Pavilion together and whispered a lecture, and after watching them return to everyone, he tiptoed up the ladder with a tray carrying a cut watermelon. There were two crystal plates in the tray, one containing a watermelon cut into small pieces, and a small silver fork beside it; In another crystal plate are sliced watermelons, closely arranged.

After placing the tray on the chair between the prince and Fu Yuchen, Ma Bufan called softly, "Your Highness." The crown prince lifted his eyelids and glanced at him, then closed his eyes again. For him, even the action of opening his eyes is tiring.

Ma Bufan began to feed the crown prince with a silver fork with a small piece of watermelon. He is a very delicate eunuch, looking like twenty-one or two, looking at the crown prince's eyes are very focused, and he leans up to look at each piece of feeding, and he can't wait to chew it for the prince and feed it again.

Fu Yuchen didn't seem to see Ma Bufan's ambiguous behavior, he sat up, picked up the watermelon and ate it.

After Ma Bufan left, Fu Yuchen looked sideways at the prince: "Big brother, why don't you go down with me!" He didn't claim to be a brother.

A faint smile appeared on the prince's face: "Can I still walk now?" When they came up, they were all carried up by eunuchs. ”

Fu Yuchen looked at the prince, although he was still calm, but there was deep worry in his eyes. For him, the crown prince is the eldest brother, his protector, his relative, and it was the prince who saved his life three years ago, and he did not look forward to the crown prince's return to the West as soon as people guessed.

The prince opened his eyes and looked at Fu Yuchen, his thin hand reached out to hold his slender and powerful hand, his eyes were full of pleading, but his voice was extremely subtle: "Xiaochen, help me take care of the Liang family in the future...... If you have many children, pass on one to her, so that she has a little sustenance...... As for Ma Bufan, you just let him go with me......" It was not easy to say these last words, the prince couldn't support it, closed his eyes and gasped, and let go of the hand holding Fu Yuchen. The crown princess Liang is his uncle's cousin, and he can't bear to be buried by his own cousin - Da Liang has a precedent for the burial of a concubine.

Fu Yuchen reached out to hold his hand, and buried his face in the prince's hand.

The prince was born of the first queen Liang, and when she was in her mother's womb, Queen Liang was poisoned, and although she gave birth to the prince before she died, the prince has been sick and sick, and it is not easy to survive until now. The three concubines who poisoned Empress Xian were all from high families, and because of this, the founding emperor's rule of not choosing high-ranking women in the draft became strict after the death of Empress Liang. It was also Empress Liang that made Concubine Shu the queen.

Because of the prince's life experience and because of the incident three years ago, Fu Yuchen has a deep understanding of how terrible women are.

The prince felt the process of Fu Yuchen's tears turning from hot to cold, and his heart was full of words to explain this younger brother, but he didn't have the strength to say more.

The verandah went to the end and turned left, walked through the Red Maple House, and then arrived at Luxue Temple. Xu Cancan quietly looked west, and saw from a distance that the black-clothed little guy led a group of men into the Zhusheng Courtyard, and there was no Fu Yuchen among them. When she was admiring her good eyes, someone happened to look at the woman, and Xu Cancan hurriedly lowered her head and followed Xu Han's into Luxue Nunnery.

The mother-in-law led the Xu Mansion and his party to the main hall in front of her, and for the sake of Xu Han's reward, she worked harder and said in a low voice: "The ladies are drinking and feasting in the main hall of Luxue Nunnery, and the girls are entertaining guests in the Red Maple House, so go to the main hall to see Mrs. first." ”

Before entering the main hall of Luxue Nunnery, Xu Cancan saw a middle-aged lady wearing a dress and a crown full of pearls and emeralds sitting on the main hall, three on the left and four on the right, a total of seven young women with wild goose wings lined up, among which the one wearing red is afraid that it is today's birthday girl.

Before she could look closely, she had already followed Xu Han's into the main hall and squatted down to salute.

Although Mrs. Fu is the wife of Queen Shu's sister Dingguo Gong, she is extremely humble, and when she saw Xu Han's salute, she hurriedly helped her up - Xu Tinghe, the servant of the ministry, is now receiving the favor of the Holy Grace and has not yet stood in line, which is worthy of Shu's wooing.

She looked at Xu Yilian and Xu Cancan behind Xu Han's family, her eyes lit up, and she asked softly, "Next to Yilian is—"

Xu Hanshi hurriedly replied: "This is the girl next to my brother and sister, her name is Cancan, and she came to Beijing to run for the election." ”

Mrs. Fu looked at Xu Cancan with kind eyes, and only after a moment did she say, "What a peerless beauty!" ”

Xu Han hurriedly humbled a few words.

Mrs. Fu said again: "Miss Cancan come over and let the old man take a look!" ”

Xu Cancan was stunned, Xu Yilian quietly touched her, Xu Cancan hurriedly lowered his head and stepped forward, and after approaching Mrs. Fu, he was blessed again, and stood in front of Mrs. Fu shyly.

At this time, the seven Fu girls all followed their mothers to see the beauties, and the third girl, Fu Juying, had the fastest mouth, and laughed loudly: "This Miss Xu and her younger brother are exactly the same pair!" ”

The eldest girl, Fu Lanying, glared at the third sister and said in a low voice: "Miss Xu entered the palace to run for election!" ”

Fu Juying was not afraid of the eldest sister, and looked at Xu Cancan with a smile.

Everyone in the hall looked at Xu Cancan, who was like a fairy daughter, and then thought about Fu Yuchen, who was like a jade, and they all felt that the two were really a natural pair, and they couldn't help laughing. Thinking that Miss Xu was going to enter the palace to run for election, everyone was a little pity.

Mrs. Fu had a smile on her face, but there was no smile in her eyes. She reached out and pulled out a golden silk phoenix hairpin from the flower crown and inserted it into Xu Cancan's bun, held Xu Cancan's hand and said, "I like this Miss Xu as soon as I see it, this is natural fate!" ”

Xu Cancan won this honor and hurriedly saluted and thanked him.

The main hall was bustling, and the voice of the maid came from outside: "The son is here!" ”

Hearing that Fu Yuchen was coming, the girls in the main hall were a little flustered, and Miss Fu Sixth and Miss Fu Qi hurriedly lined up to take these unmarried girls out of the main hall, preparing to go to the Red Maple House from the small gate. Who knew that as soon as Lu Dao came out of the main hall, he met Fu Yuchen head-on.

Fu Yuchen is wearing a white silk shirt and a blue summer robe today, wearing a soap yarn folded scarf, phoenix eyes are slightly raised, his face is cold, the whole person is elegant and cold as walking out of the moonlight, seeing that the girls are not as urgent as the legend, but glanced at it lightly, and went straight into the main hall.

Everyone felt that Fu Yutan was looking at themselves, and couldn't help but feel turbulent, looking at Fu Yushen's back wearing a Tianshui Bixia robe, and then looking at Xu Cancan's embroidered white magnolia light green gauze and turquoise floor-towing pleated phoenix tail skirt, remembering what Fu Juying, the third girl, said, "This Miss Xu is a pair with the eighth brother", and when she looked at it again, she found that Xu Cancan's cheeks were red, and she couldn't help but feel slightly jealous in her heart. Xu Cancan has been silent. Just now, Fu Yu leaned over, and with a glance of phoenix eyes, she seemed to see her in the crowd, and when her eyes touched, her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly lowered her head.